Engineering Projects
Project pages emphasize the problem, architecture, interfaces, implementation decisions, verification, and lessons that are most relevant to each system.
Start with these systems
New here? Two short paths through the work:
- Hardware & integration path: SURFER → SENTRY → SPARK — a deployed 20-vessel autonomous fleet, a deployed mechatronics platform, and a prototype bring-up tool.
- Systems-tool / software path: Fusion System Blocks — system-architecture diagrams, typed connections, and rule checks inside CAD.
The complete taxonomy follows.
Flagship Systems
SURFER Autonomous Vessel Fleet
Maritime autonomy
20-vessel holonomic autonomous surface-vehicle fleet with dual-Pi control architecture, custom electronics, and hardware safety systems.
Deployed | Program: 2020–Present · My role: 2024–2026
SENTRY Autonomous Turret
Embedded control / mechatronics
Integrated electromechanical system combining embedded control, computer vision, and custom PCB design.
Deployed | 2023–2025
Fusion System Blocks
System-architecture tooling
Autodesk Fusion add-in embedding structured system-architecture diagrams inside Fusion designs — typed connections, rule checks, CAD links, and engineering exports.
Public Beta | 2025–Present
SPARK Programming Board
Hardware tooling
Custom development tool providing breakout access to JTAG/SWD, UART, SPI, I²C, and CAN interfaces. Beta hardware in bring-up.
Prototype | May 2025–Present
Roadmaps & Concepts
Planned work and design direction — not deployed systems.
SENTRY V4 Roadmap
Embedded control / mechatronics · concept
Planned ground-up redesign of the SENTRY platform with dedicated compute, control, and hardware-safety domains.
Concept — planning-stage, not a built or deployed system
Additional Engineering Work
Smaller tools, hardware, and infrastructure — compact summaries, linked where they live publicly.
Engineering Tools
Connector Engineering Field Guide
Engineering documentation
Open-source reference for connector selection and interface engineering — professional/industrial and hobby guides covering selection workflow, datasheet interpretation, MIL-DTL-38999, M8/M12, checklists, comparison matrices, and connector ICDs.
Published — v1.0 Source-Verified Release, continuously reviewed | Source on GitHub
PinmapGen
Hardware tooling
Generates firmware pin-map code from Fusion 360 Electronics schematics — removing the error-prone manual step of transcribing pin assignments from the schematic into code every time the design changes.
Public Beta | Source on GitHub
FusionToGitHub
Hardware tooling
Fusion 360 add-in that backs up designs to GitHub with one click, keeping a complete version history of every save.
Public Beta | Source on GitHub
Test & Educational Hardware
PID Hover Rig
Education
Ping-pong-ball levitation demonstrator designed end to end — mechanical, electrical, and hardware — as a hands-on PID controls teaching platform. Students implement the control loop on the real hardware as the core exercise.
GNSS Flight-Controller Test Hardware
Embedded control / mechatronics
Experimental hardware and test campaigns behind the peer-reviewed ICUAS 2025 publication on GNSS emulation for flight-controller test and evaluation.
Personal Engineering Infrastructure
Home Automation & Digital Twin Platform
Home Assistant–based residential controls and monitoring integrating HVAC, energy, solar, water, lighting, cameras, presence, network health, and ESP32/ESPHome sensors — with system-health dashboards, watchdogs, and resilient local automations.
Nomad Offline Knowledge Node
Self-contained local knowledge and AI platform on compact hardware with redundant storage — preserving documentation and providing search and inference without cloud connectivity.